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60% of men but only 44% of women know what adware is
Pew Internet & American Life Project released the survey on awareness of various Internet terms among US Internet users. Generally males are more familiar with Internet terminology than women, younger people are more familiar then 65+ and those with broadband express greater knowledge of terminology as well.
Pew Internet & American Life Project released the survey on awareness of various Internet terms among US Internet users. Generally males are more familiar with Internet terminology than women, younger people are more familiar then 65+ and those with broadband express greater knowledge of terminology as well.
Levels of awareness of different Internet-related terms | ||||||
Term | Men | Women | Age 18-29 | Age 65+ | Broadband | Dial-up |
Spam | 90 | 87 | 88 | 85 | 94 | 85 |
Firewall | 83 | 73 | 77 | 59 | 88 | 69 |
Spyware | 82 | 74 | 82 | 55 | 88 | 75 |
Cookies | 74 | 62 | 67 | 52 | 81 | 59 |
Adware | 60 | 44 | 55 | 31 | 65 | 43 |
Phishing | 36 | 23 | 55 | 31 | 35 | 25 |
Podcasting | 16 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 16 | 11 |
RSS feeds | 12 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 9 |
Source: Pew Internet & American Life Project |